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Short-necked azhdarchid + Utahraptor block preparation + more news



Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com



Some recent news and blog items:


Short-necked azhdarchid pterosaurs - say what? (Mark Witton)


http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2015/03/short-necked-azhdarchid-pterosaurs-say.html

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Partnership  with Thanksgiving Point Institute to prepare block of Utahraptors



http://geology.utah.gov/ugs-official-news-release-utah-geological-survey-partners-with-thanksgiving-point-to-prepare-125-million-year-old-utahraptor-fossils/

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Diamantinasaurus scanned in Australia

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/dinosaur-bones-scanned-to-discover-more-about-weighty-issue-20150317-1m11t2.html

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New 9-meter-long mosasaur specimen, a Tylosaurus pembinensis nicknamed
"Suzy," makes debut at Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, alongside
giant  13-meter-long Tylosaurus "Bruce," in Morden in Manitoba, Canada
(with video)


http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/80m-year-old-fossils-make-public-debut-at-morden-museum-1.2281086

http://www.cjob.com/2015/03/15/new-mosasaur-for-canadian-fossil-discovery-centre/

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Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre

http://www.discoverfossils.com/

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Attributing borrowed images in scientific papers

https://qilong.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/unsung/

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An article in Spanish in a popular science journal:

Ceballos Izquierdo, Y., 2015. Cocodrilos prehistóricos del Caribe.
Órbitas Científicas, 3 (31): 102-107

The entire issue is available as a free pdf. You need to scroll
through to page 102:

http://editoraneutrina.com/Editora_Neutrina/Orbitas_Cientificas_files/Edicio%CC%81n31.pdf

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Interactive maps of Mesozoic distribution of dinosaurs and other
creatures. Accuracy is not what it should be (Triassic map has Permian
Dimetrodon and Anteosaurus) (in Russian)

http://www.aif.ru/dontknows/infographics/1471104

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Koshisaurus

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/new-plant-eating-dinosaur-species-found-in-japan

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Nyctosaurus

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/weird-fossil-of-the-week-nyctosaurus

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Burpee Paleofest mixed science and fun

http://www.rrstar.com/article/20150314/News/150319605

http://burpee.org/page.asp?PageID=79

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Extracting DNA from woolly mammoth

http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0151-scientists-start-extracting-dna-from-woolly-mammoth-found-in-permafrost/